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Presences multiply as the narrative courses ahead: T. H. White and his hawk, King Arthur and his hawks, all the men and all the hawks of England’s historical and mythological past.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2015

As the beneficent Presences vanish from me, one after the other, those that remain are the more precious, and I will not part with them, not with the chief of them, beyond all.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas

Thereat those mightiest Gods, in glorious train, Mahendra, Dharma,—with bright retinue Of Maruts, Saints, Aswin-Kumãras, Nats, Spirits and Angels,—bore the king aloft, The thundering chariot first, and after it Those airy-moving Presences.

From Indian Poetry Containing "The Indian Song of Songs," from the Sanskrit of the Gîta Govinda of Jayadeva, Two books from "The Iliad Of India" (Mahábhárata), "Proverbial Wisdom" from the Shlokas of the Hitopadesa, and other Oriental Poems. by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

It seemed that I was surrounded by solemn Presences whose nearness I could feel but not see, and unknowing who it was that spoke to me, I was afraid to answer.

From The Life Everlasting; a reality of romance by Corelli, Marie

Awful Faces, unimpassioned, silent Presences were by us,   Shrouding wings—majestic beings—hidden by this earthly veil— Such as we have called on, saying, "Praise the Lord, O Ananias,      Azarias and Misael!"

From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean